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Abraham Lincoln (/ËeÉªbrÉhÃ¦m ËlÉªÅkÉn/; February 12, 1809 â April 15, 1865) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
We've invited him to share some of his stories on mental_floss this week. To subscribe to his daily email, click here. On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. He'd die the next morning. But also on April 14, 1865, Lincoln signed into law a piece of legislation which created the Secret Service -- the law enforcement agency charged with defending the President from, among other things, assassination attempts such as the one that befell Lincoln that evening.